Learn about collaborative home ownership opportunities and challenges. Meet others interested in this form of housing, consult with experts, have fun! Contact cohobc@gmail.com for details. This month's special theme, mixer mortgages with Ryan McKinley of Vancity Credit Union.

What is collaborative or co-ownership?

Collaborative ownership simple refers to multiple people sharing ownership over a single piece of land. This is not a new phenomenon, as couples, families and even strangers have been co-owning land for centuries. In recent centuries, legal stratification was created to allow co-owners to more simply share ownership of a building and has become central to land ownership as it has allowed people to own parcels of a property and lowered the entry barrier to home ownership. Unfortunately, stratification is not permissible on all properties and as such collaborative non-strata is making a comeback.